Deep Breaths

Today, we look back on one of our most-loved episodes by our listeners. We are joined by special guest Dr Shaun Roberts to discuss in-depth cases of patients with tricky cardiac conditions who require non-cardiac surgery.

Resources for today's episode:

ANZCA Blue Book 2021

ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non cardiac surgery

2014 ACC/AHA guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery  

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Today, we go back to take a close look at one of ANZCA's latest professional documents - PG67: Guideline for the care of patients at the end-of-life who are considered for surgery or interventional procedures 2022.

Resources for this episode:

PG67: Guideline for the care of patients at the end-of-life who are considered for surgery or interventional procedures 2022

PG67 BP: Guideline for the care of patients at the end-of-life who are considered for surgery or interventional procedures Background Paper 2022
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Today, we look back at a fantastic and insightful discussion about upper limb regional anaesthesia with special guest, Dr Michael Kerr. If you liked this episode, you can find the second part of this episode in season 5, episode 12.

In this episode, part 1, we focus on the interscalene block.

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Resources for today's episode:

Anatomy of the brachial plexus and its implications for daily clinical practice: regional anesthesia is applied anatomy by G.C. Feigl et. al.

Video: The Infraclavicular Block - Essentials of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia by Ki-Jinn Chin

The Second ASRA Practice Advisory on Neurologic Complications Associated With Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: Executive Summary 2015 by J.M. Neal et. al.

Axillary block videos:

The in-depth video: Ultrasound Guided Axillary Block NYSORA Regional Anesthesia by NYSORA - Education

The short-and-sweet video: Ultrasound Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block NYSORA Regional Anesthesia by NYSORA - Education

The simple and fantastic video: US-guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block - the Simple Guide by Ki-Jinn Chin
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Today, we revisit a topic that was recommended to us by Dr David Tragen of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital - the perioperative management of the direct oral anticoagulant medications or DOACs.

We start with some basic revision of the mechanism of action of the DOACs and their indications before diving more closely into the recommendations for stopping and starting these medications around the time of surgery, and the implications for our anaesthetic.

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Resources for today's episode:

2021 ANZCA Blue Book: Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants - pharmacology and perioperative considerations by Dr Kate Drummond (p147)

TGA Website

RE-ALIGN Trial

GALILEO Trial

BMJ: Coagulation assessment with the new generation of oral anticoagulants by  Charles Pollack Jr

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis: Laboratory testing in patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants: a practical guide for clinicians by J. Douxfils et al.

PAUSE Trial

Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain: Regional anaesthesia in the patient receiving antithrombotic or thrombolytic therapy, 5th edition (ASRA 2025 Guidelines)

RE-VERSE-AD Trial
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Deep Breaths will return this year with a slightly different twist. We're taking a little break, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten about our wonderful listeners! 
We'll be recording the occasional new episode with guest interviewees that we're excited to be chatting with. We're also going to be re-releasing some of our best episodes.
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